I am an environmental scientist and ecologist seeking to understand how environmental stressors affect freshwater ecosystems. Accomplishing this goal requires mechanistic knowledge of how impacts permeate throughout the ecosystem, so my research has examined how initial abiotic changes cascade into phenological and distribution shifts in species—ultimately altering food webs, communities, and ecosystem processes. I use spatiotemporal models, experiments, and field studies. In the Ruhi Lab, I have investigated the effects of climate change-induced low flows on Sierra Nevada stream ecosystems.